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Brownish ape is on the move (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sepia

'brownish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'ape is on the move' is the wordplay.
'on the move' is an anagram indicator.
'ape'+'is'='apeis'
'apeis' is an anagram of 'SEPIA'.

(Other definitions for sepia that I've seen before include "Brownish tone associated with old photographs" , "Dark reddish-brown pigment" , "Sort of drawing" , "Denizen of deep" , "Brown colour of old photo" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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